Spotify , lossless music, as revealed by The Verge in the latest updates to the Spotify app for Android.
It’s been over three years since Spotify announced the introduction of a premium “HiFi” service, offering users access to high-resolution music equivalent to CD quality. The company initially claimed that this service would be available by the end of 2021. However, changes in the streaming music market led to the reversal of this plan.
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Apple Music now offers high-quality listening at no additional cost to its subscription, and Amazon has also removed the subscription fee for access to its high-quality music library. These moves reverse Spotify's original strategy of offering only a lossless HiFi level, ushering in a new era in high-quality music listening.
Against the backdrop of this discussion, it seems that Spotify’s lossless offering won’t be free. The latest information suggests that the service is planning to introduce high-quality audio playback as part of a new premium “Music Pro” package. The package in question will not only be limited to improved audio quality but will also offer innovative features such as DJ remixing, allowing users to speed up, compose and edit tracks by their favorite artists, according to information from the Wall Street Journal.
Spotify is reportedly planning to offer basic versions of its remixing tools to subscribers , which costs $10.99 per month and $5.99 for students. Meanwhile, a richer offering will be available in a higher subscription tier, “Supremium,” which will include high-fidelity, lossless audio with minimal latency.
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The price of the “Supremium” tier remains unknown. The expected price for the high-quality lossless “Music Pro” add-on for premium subscribers has also not been announced. However, considering that the main competitors offer services at no extra cost in their standard packages, the requirement for an additional charge beyond a symbolic amount seems unlikely to be met with enthusiasm.
Source: macrumors
